Amphora

MS1364

From: Italy | Etruria | Chiusi

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS1364
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Chiusi
Locus Tomb 2
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Bucchero
Description

Gray bucchero amphora. Low flaring ring foot with groove. Ovoid body and conical neck, narrowing towards rim. Flat rim merged with strap handles, set off with four triangular protuberances. Handles widen towards join at shoulder. Ridge at join between shoulder and neck.

Cracks on body and handle. Surface somewhat encrusted.

Height 21.59 cm
Width 13.34 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1897
Other Number 763 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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